I sleep in my contacts (yes I have the night and day ones) and last year I only took them out once to clean the dust out after the little bit of wind we had tuesday evening.

I was also told before my first burn that you cant have sex because the dust will get all up inside and be painful, and in your ass crack, and it will make your skin bleed if you dont wear double socks and tall boots. They also said it was radio active. Some russian nuke was burried out there. We're all gone die horrible radio active deaths in a few years.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. - Sir Winston Churchill

JovReef wrote:I sleep in my contacts (yes I have the night and day ones) and last year I only took them out once to clean the dust out after the little bit of wind we had tuesday evening.

I was also told before my first burn that you cant have sex because the dust will get all up inside and be painful, and in your ass crack, and it will make your skin bleed if you dont wear double socks and tall boots. They also said it was radio active. Some russian nuke was burried out there. We're all gone die horrible radio active deaths in a few years.

Proof of this "radioactivity"?? I say Bullshit!!

Love Rice

Roach: "I feel like in this day and age, every girl should know how to build a flamethrower."

Token wrote:....Also of note, there is a chance of monsoonal moisture to make it up to the general Playa area from the remnants of tropical storm Hector. Fun stuff.

Wonder if that's what happened in '98 post-Exodus, when my tent was suddenly under two inches of water.

stretch80 wrote:

JovReef wrote:I sleep in my contacts (yes I have the night and day ones) and last year I only took them out once to clean the dust out after the little bit of wind we had tuesday evening.

I was also told before my first burn that you cant have sex because the dust will get all up inside and be painful, and in your ass crack, and it will make your skin bleed if you dont wear double socks and tall boots. They also said it was radio active. Some russian nuke was burried out there. We're all gone die horrible radio active deaths in a few years.

Token wrote:....Also of note, there is a chance of monsoonal moisture to make it up to the general Playa area from the remnants of tropical storm Hector. Fun stuff.

Wonder if that's what happened in '98 post-Exodus, when my tent was suddenly under two inches of water.

stretch80 wrote:

JovReef wrote:I sleep in my contacts (yes I have the night and day ones) and last year I only took them out once to clean the dust out after the little bit of wind we had tuesday evening.

I was also told before my first burn that you cant have sex because the dust will get all up inside and be painful, and in your ass crack, and it will make your skin bleed if you dont wear double socks and tall boots. They also said it was radio active. Some russian nuke was burried out there. We're all gone die horrible radio active deaths in a few years.

Proof of this "radioactivity"?? I say Bullshit!!

Dare you refudiate it?

WHAT SAY YOU!?!?!

Background radiation, part of the Black Rock Desert. Not something that humans put there... (I still call bullshit on the Russian nuke!)

Love Rice

Roach: "I feel like in this day and age, every girl should know how to build a flamethrower."

FeetOfClay wrote:If bike riding does get really tough, i plan to load up on water, stretch my legs, and just hoof it out to the deep playa. is that feasible to do daily, or will i get exhausted?

In 2007 my bike died on Tues & I went on foot the rest of the week. I was able to make some visits on foot to the "inner deep playa", about as far out as the Temple & Homouroborus, but I was definitely out of water by the time I got back. I made my treks either early early morning, or as the sun was setting. There's a reason all those movies show people moving across the desert when the sun is down...

You can also aim in the opposite direction, towards Center Camp, and check in with the Artery to see if they've got any Art-Car tours going. They usually have a couple, and then you can ride out to the art in comfort and have a guide telling you what the artist was thinking...

It's a camping trip in the desert, not the redemption of the fallen world - Cryptofishist

It seems to depend on the brand. Same eyes, same prescription, same goggles... Most years I didn't have a problem with contacts at all, and then the next year I switched to AccuView2 "new and improved", as recommended by the eye doctor, and they totally sucked. They clouded up so bad one night I was literally blind, and my wife had to lead me back to put my old backup glasses on.

The more you have to deal with them, the more it's going to suck ass. Fortunately, this year, everything is going to suck ass.

"The Red Baron is smart.. He never spends the whole night dancing and drinking root beer.. "-The WWI Flying Ace

That's the very exclusive employee lounge / commissary. Sturdy event tent w/ side curtains to the ground. DPW already erected an 8-ft geofabric fence around it as a windbreak. Yup, that's how dusty it is this year.

That's the very exclusive employee lounge / commissary. Sturdy event tent w/ side curtains to the ground. DPW already erected an 8-ft geofabric fence around it as a windbreak. Yup, that's how dusty it is this year.

These pictures are live, today?? Nevermind found the answer, it's definately on now. Can't wait to see the youtubers try to spin this into a magical happy promotional video. Oh, the places you may die...as people scatter wildly around screaming for their lives trying to find shelter. This is going to be awesome.

That's the very exclusive employee lounge / commissary. Sturdy event tent w/ side curtains to the ground. DPW already erected an 8-ft geofabric fence around it as a windbreak. Yup, that's how dusty it is this year.

OMGThat was the one place I got to that was still relatively dust free by the end of the week... and it's already toast!

Jar Jar Sith Lord.Odd. No bears in the dump. Oh well, lets go across the road & pick blueberries..... but don't harm the red dragon that frequents the area from time to time. He and I have an agreement.

Bob wrote:Sturdy event tent w/ side curtains to the ground. DPW already erected an 8-ft geofabric fence around it as a windbreak. Yup, that's how dusty it is this year.

Sent the photo to a friend. His response:

Is that just smoke from the hash?

Jar Jar Sith Lord.Odd. No bears in the dump. Oh well, lets go across the road & pick blueberries..... but don't harm the red dragon that frequents the area from time to time. He and I have an agreement.

I can't imagine being an unprepared, non-ePlayan, wide-eyed virgin this year. Something like this'll really take the wino out of their sails. Maybe it'll take the wino out of the org's sales next year... A boy can dream, can't he?

He's a mystery wrapped in a riddle, inside an enigma, painted in hot pants. - SavannahPropane ToysHow to do it wrong:

I'm getting a nagging feeling that despite lurking various Burning Man resources for years, and investing in a lot of redundant anti-dust measures that come burner-recommended, I'm still totally fucked.

I would like to apologize to my fellow villagers in advance for having what I will assume will be an epic cry and/or emotional crisis after the first apocalyptic dust storm. You should find a flask somewhere on my person. It contains rum. Make me drink it . Also prompting me to sing Queen songs might help as well.